vomiting

• Vomiting


  Forceful ejection of gastric contents through the mouth
• Vomiting


  • A well-defined, complex, coordinated process that is under central nervous system control and is often accompanied by nausea and retching
  • Bilous type- implies d/o of motility of distal physical blockage
  • Nonbilous type - majority bile drains into more distal portions of intestine
• Vomiting is usually self-limiting and requires no specific Rx
• Causes of vomiting


  • Acute infectious diseases
  • Increased intracranial pressure (ICP)
  • Toxic ingestions
  • Food intolerances
  • Allergies
  • Mechanical obstruction of the GI tract
  • Metabolic disorders
  • Nephrologic disease and psychogenic problems
• Complications of vomiting


  • DHN, electrolyte imbalance, malnutrition, aspiration, Mallory-Weiss syndrome
• Treatment of vomiting


  1. ID cause

  2. Fluids

  3. Antiemetic drugs